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Whatever you want to call it, the rules based international order crowd. these are the same people back in august were saying that the fact that russia and china were doing all of these joint military exercises, it was interesting but on cnn..com, brad london wrote, both sides have differing objectives, like that was going to make us feel better. that was a warning sign back in august when he said let's hook up and do these exercises and we were asleep at the wheel. >> i agree, laura. and i think we all know there's a few hawks inside the biden administration, especially concerned about the ch...

>> reporter: matt rivers, cnn, budapest, hungary. >> matt rivers, thank you so much. for ways you can help people affected by the war in ukraine, go to cnn.com/impact. before we go, i want to make sure you know cnn + is here. it's going to have live news, exclusive films, interactive interviews, including my new show called "the don lemon show." learn more today at cnn+.com. look at that. that was 20 pounds ago. thanks for watching, everyone. our live coverage continues.

Cnn national security analyst, which we're thrilled about. so general hurtlhurtling, let m start off with what fred is talking about. large explosions whether incoming or out going artillery unclear. ukraine has successfully pushed russian forces further pack from the capital. what do you think about the situation on the ground right now? >> in tracking what ukraine is doing against the russians, erin, what i'm seeing from reports across the board, different intelligence sources, mostly unclassified is ukrainians have an extreme amount of success, not only northwest and east of kyiv but also a...

As well. here's the reasons for the historic move. >> this is the wartime bridge. to increase oil supply and production ramps up later this year. and it is by far the largest release of the national reserve in our history. providing historic amount of supply for a historic amount of time. a six month bridge to the fall. >> let's take a look at what the oil market looked like in the wake of the announcement. crude down over 5%. $105 a barrel. in the last two months here have been the big swings from under 100 to $130 and back. cnn joining us now from london. europe facing russian threat of shut...

And come may, they will enjoy many more activities without having to show proof of vaccination. i want to bring in cnn contributor. that will be a huge relief for italians. what's the mood there? >> the mood is quite high here. you look at especially the easter season. an important holiday here. not just for the religious aspect. for the tourism as pegt preside aspect as well. two years ago easter was cancelled. a year ago it was restricted. this year they can do what they want when they want. there have been a lot of sacrifices economically with friends and family. so many deaths. 160,000 in ...